Above: Heavy hitters Mastodon released their eighth album, “Emperor of Sand,” on March 31, and sales-wise it’s off to the best start of any album from the Atlanta quartet. They headline the Palladium on Thursday night, with Eagles of Death Metal Warming things up. Tickets.

Los Angeles concerts for the week:

Monday, April 17

Tortoise at the Teragram Ballroom Car Seat Headrest and Preoccupations at the Regent Banks & Steelz and Zipper Club at the El Rey Theatre Bonobo and the Range at the Theatre at Ace Hotel Skepta at the Fonda Theatre Tall Juan, Los Blenders, Las Ligas Menores and Sheer at Resident Dream Club, the Aces, Dark Rooms and Jenn Grant at Bardot King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at the Roxy KONA, Nicky Sparkles and Tolliver at the Bootleg Theater Irontom, NONA, Soulfire Collective and Varsity Week at the Satellite Draemings, Brass Box, Ever So Android, Dancing Tongues and Jesse Jo Stark at the Echo Black Atlass and Overwerk at Echoplex Coheed & Cambria and the Dear Hunter at the Observatory Shinedown at the House of Blues Anaheim Mura Masa and Kamaiyah at the Glass House Kaytranada and Goldlink at the Fox Theater Pomona James Price, Dirty Faction and Milhouse Palacios at the Silverlake Lounge Bing & Ruth and Alex Izenberg at the Sanctuary at Pico-Union Project Pope Paul & the Illegals at the Redwood Bar Open Mic at the Lexington The Jazzaholics at the Escondite Night Demon and Thrust at Complex Jamie McLean Band at the Hotel Café Second Stage Main Man, Misc. Ailments and Jupiter Winter at Harvard & Stone Rumproller Organ Trio at the Sassafras Saloon Solomun and Sahar Z at Sound Nightclub Ackland, Battery, Grace Fellows, NEWMAN, Primero Sueño and Shirasawa-22 at the Troubadour The Sunset Jam at the Viper Room Mercedes Moore, Big Jon Atkinson, Taryn Donath and Marty Dodson at the Sugar Mill Saloon King Tree & the Earth Mothers, Tunnels and Indigo State at the Wayfarer Morgan Mallory at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar Ray Davis & the Regenerates and Down North at Molly Malone’s

Tuesday, April 18

Hinds, Twin Peaks and the Memories at the Regent Mura Masa and Kamaiyah at the El Rey Theatre Galantis and SNBRN at the Novo DJ Shadow and Sam Gellaitry at the Fonda Theatre Bambaata, Lorine Chia and Aldre Williams at Resident The Relationship, Cotillon, Ablebody and the Planters at the Bootleg Theater Lions & Poets, Jim Priest, Bipolarte and Bad Joy at the Silverlake Lounge Blossoms, Arkells and Wilderado at the Echo Little Dragon and GoldLink at the Observatory Homeshake at Echoplex Downtown Boys, Girl Pusher and Brutus VIII at the Smell Mo Welch at the Virgil Phil & Lu at the Escondite TFDI at the Hotel Café Sam Fischer and Caleb Hawley & the Strike at the Hotel Café Second Stage Veers, Diamonds and Fire at Harvard & Stone Island Apollo, Pop Noir, Avi Buffalo and WYO at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim The Longing, Robot Nature, Chasing Desolation and Ten Mile Tongue at the Mint Sazerac Steppers Brass Band at the Sassafras Saloon Space Yacht at Avalon Busy P at the Roxy Bassett, Dead White Day and Checkerneck at the Viper Room Josh & Kira at Saint Rocke Delhart “Massive” McGregor at the Wayfarer Diego Money at the Constellation Room El Haragan at the House of Blues Anaheim David Crosby at the City National Grove of Anaheim Tall Juan at the Continental Room Bonobo and the Range at the Glass House New Order and Polica at the Santa Barbara Bowl Glass Animals and Jagwar Ma at the Fox Theater Pomona Lola Lennox at Genghis Cohen Billy Joseph at Molly Malone’s Randy Emata at the Federal Affair The Colburn Jazz Work at the Catalina Club

Wednesday, April 19

Empire of the Sun, Broods and Tobacco Rat at the Shrine Expo Hall Polica at the Teragram Ballroom SURVIVE, M Geddes Gengras and SSLEEPERHOLD at the El Rey Theatre The Avalanches at the Fonda Theatre Bastille and Frenship at the Novo Emily King at the Troubadour Jack Garratt at the Roxy NAO and Brasstracks at the Mayan David Crosby at the Wiltern Insideinfo and Cyantific at the Belasco Theater Holy Wars and the Crazy Brave at the Hi Hat Califone, Tara Jane O’Neil and Rachel Blumberg at the Bootleg Theater Slow Children, Jules Shear, All Systems Know and Tree Machines at the Silverlake Lounge Horisont and the Dirty Streets at the Satellite Triptides, the Creation Factory, Vinyl Williams and Superet at the Echo Chotto Ghetto at the Redwood Bar Ora Cogan, Little Wings, Vikesh Kapoor, Sam Burton, Distant Cousins, Gidon and Shane at the Hotel Café Skin & Bones, Steps of Doe and Lasers Lasers at Harvard & Stone Bailen, Joe Marson and Creature Canyon at the Mint Sasha, Doc Martin, Sublevel and Lillia at Sound Nightclub Butane at Couture Shotshell Press, Zoviet and Midnight Track at the Viper Room Nellie McKay at the Largo at the Coronet Sonder at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Dave Bernal at the Sugar Mill Saloon Pheonix Rising, JC Villafran, Bree & Ty and Melissa Brethauer at Saint Rocke Closer Talker, Super Whatevr and Davis at the Wayfarer Hinds and Twin Peaks at the Observatory Tacocat and the Regrettes at the Constellation Room Nav at the Observatory (Late Show) Lil Wayne at the House of Blues Anaheim Wyatt Blair & the Broken Hearts at the Continental Room Future Islands and Car Seat Headrest at the Glass House Local Natives and Tennis at the Fox Theater Pomona Breaking Benjamin at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium Buddhi De Mal, J Antonette and Fabienne Grisel at Genghis Cohen Open Mic at the Lexington Zach & Bridget at the Escondite El Mariachi Manchester at La Cita Flavia, Chambers, No Girlfriends and Paloma Rush at Molly Malone’s Jonah Sirota at CSUN The Federal Affair at the Federal Bar Juan De Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars at the Catalina Club

Thursday, April 20

Snoop Dogg at the Greek Theatre Mastodon at the Hollywood Palladium Röyksopp and Marcus Marr at the Novo Whitney and Dent May at the El Rey Theatre Moderat, Hypoxia and Robert Koch at the Mayan Roisin Murphy and Honey Dijon at the Fonda Theatre Thee Commons at the Teragram Ballroom Spiral Stairs, the Henry Clay People and High Cameras at Resident Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes and Culture Abuse at the Hi Hat Henry Hall, Soft Deadlines, the Echo Bombs, the Place and Playing Tourist Forever at the Silverlake Lounge POND and Ezra Furman at the Echo Swet Shop Boys and Gavlyn at Echoplex Tomppabeats, BSD.U, Birocratic, Weirddough, Nohidea, Gypsymamba and Quisque at Los Globos Love Moon, Moxie Beat, Covetor and Piss Wand at the Redwood Bar Gabe Rosenn at the Escondite Troubadours at the Hotel Café Everett Coast and King Daniel at the Hotel Café Second Stage Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers and the Mosaics at the Mint Deadon & the Freedom Ledges at Three Clubs Arley Washington, Spirit Hunter, Aztlan Underground, Danza Azteca Xipe Totec, Mandola and Doctors of the Earth at Café Nela Origins and WHYFI at Union Nightclub – Jewel’s Room Tara Ellis and Natasha Agrama at the Hard Rock Hollywood Tale of Us and Red Axes at Sound Nightclub SMSHNG HRTS, Sky Renee, Quest One, Captain Tuku and Tre Capital at the Troubadour Oceano, Slaughter to Prevail, Aversions Crown, Spite and No Zodiac at the Whisky a Go Go Little Dragon at the Roxy Concrete Kiss at the Viper Room Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Largo at the Coronet Skip Heller’s Hollywood Blues Destroyers at the Sugar Mill Saloon The Wailers at Saint Rocke Marc Ford & Neptune Blues Club and Jason Sinay at the Wayfarer Joey Bada$$ and Lil Uzi Vert at the Observatory (Early Show) State Champs, Against the Current, With Confidence and Don Broco at the Observatory Sofi Tukker at the Constellation Room Xavier Wulf, Idontknowjeffrey, Black Smurf, Ta$$ and Eddy Baker at the Observatory (Late Show) Sean Wiggins and Lone Goat at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar Doug Benson at the Coach House Mitski, Springtime Carnivore and Steady Holiday at the Glass House Chris Robinson Brotherhood at the Majestic Ventura Theater Color You, the Walking Palms and Moon/Field at the Federal Bar Furcast, King Kang and the Relevant Elephants at the Federal Underground The Shakedown at the Federal Underground (Late Show) Soul Shadows, Slow Children and Candio at Molly Malone’s Legalizers at Oxnard Blues Nothing to See Here and Jackie Venson at Genghis Cohen Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers at the Canyon Juan De Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars at the Catalina Club

Friday, April 21

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, with Radiohead, The xx, Travis Scott, Empire of the Sun, Father John Misty, Phantogram, Guided By Voice and more, at Empire Polo Club Roisin Murphy and Honey Dijon at the Fonda Theatre Floating Points and Sun Araw at the El Rey Theatre Miguel Bose at the Greek Theatre Lil Wayne at the Hollywood Palladium State Champs, Against the Current, With Confidence and Don Broco at the Teragram Ballroom John Mayer at the Forum Jay Som, Kera & the Lesbians and Pinky Pinky at the Echo Donell Jones, Dyson and Sydney Castillo at the Regent Theater Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Rose Juke Joint and Jackie Jackson & Her Royal Gents at Resident Hot Flash Heat Wave, Franky Flowers and Hearty Har at the Hi Hat Julie Byrne, Korey Dane and Avi Buffalo at the Bootleg Theater Nicole Haley, Johnny Chief, Dia, Identity Crisis, Lou Era, Triune and Truly Talented at the Silverlake Lounge PartTime Chiller and Bassfakira at Los Globos Jared Stanson at the Redwood Bar Sally & George at the Escondite Bernardus at the Escondite (Late Show) Ghost Bath, Astronoid, Imperialist and Zephyrplex at Complex Netsky at Exchange DenManTau, Close Talker and Superwhatevr at the Hotel Café Miranda Glory, Shoshana & Aki, Jillian Speer, Taylor John Williams and Chris Youmans at the Hotel Café Second Stage Chris Pureka and Modern Huge at the Mint (Early Show) Niki J. Crawford, You Are Here and GrooveSession at the Mint (Late Show) High Priestess, Aboleth, Rope Trick and Ultra Electric Mega Galactic at Café Nela La Resistencia, Raskahuele, Beach Bums, the Paranoias, Dskarados and Gabriela Penka at Union Nightclub (Early Show) Perpetual Dawn, Intersessions, Tropic of Cancer, Nite Jewel, Heliokonia, Habibiboi and more at Union Nightclub Etc! Etc!, Meaux Green, Snavs and Jon Mon at Avalon Maya Jane Coles and Droog at Sound Nightclub Tydi and Alvin Risk at Create Nightclub Daphni at Lot 613 Orgone and Monophonics at the Troubadour Faster Pussycat at the Whisky a Go Go Honne at the Roxy Dough the Freshkid and Madchild at the Viper Room Ford Madox Ford, the Sold! & Bones, the Brutalists and Chubbhouse Y Los Honeys at the Sugar Mill Saloon Eric Andersen at McCabe’s Guitar Shop The Wailers at Saint Rocke Big Monsta, Professor Colombo, Gardeners Logic, Soft Deadlines and the Echo Bombs at the Wayfarer New Found Glory and Trash Boat at the Observatory Downtown Boys at the Constellation Room Berlin at the House of Blues Anaheim Taylor Bennett at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim The Dollybirds at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar Jai Wolf, Chet Porter and Trace at the Glass House Pixies and Public Access TV at the Fox Theater Pomona Li Yugang at the Pasadena Civic Dom Mar KZ, Fernando Perdomo and Ruti Celli at Genghis Cohen Dirty Rice at Copper Blues Richie Kotzen at the Canyon Reece Lyons Band at Molly Malone’s Juan De Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars at the Catalina Club

Saturday, April 22

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, with Lady Gaga, Bon Iver, Future, the Head and the Heart, Two Door Cinema Club, Local Natives, Mitski and more, at Empire Polo Club Tommy Torres at the El Rey Theatre Anthrax and Killswitch Engage at the Wiltern Guided By Voices and Prism Tats at the Roxy Krush Groove, Bone Thugs-N- Harmony, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Warren G, Luniz, MC Eiht, Kam, Hi-C and Suga Free at the Forum Rob Bonfiglio, Cait Brennans, Fernando Perdomo, Chris Price and David Divad at Molly Malone’s Maz Jobrani at the Saban Theatre Shadmehr Aghili at the Dolby Theatre Pepe Aguilar at the Greek Theatre The Soulfire Collective at Resident Prettiest Eyes, Pinky Pinky and Cigarette Bums at the Hi Hat Justin Paul Sanders, Saint Baby James, Palace Depression and Rose Shawhan at the Silverlake Lounge Free Salamander Exhibit, Major Entertainer, Umbra Vita and THIEF at the Echo Reverend Horton Heat and Dale Watson at the Regent Theater Clipping, JPEGMAFIA, They Hate Change, Lana Del Rabies and Miguel Mendez at the Smell Fiz and Popdefect at the Redwood Bar The Rocketz and Lil Sue & the Cowtippers at La Cita Trap Them, Call of the Void, Plagues and Doesn’t Matter at Complex Will Clarke and Walker & Royce at Exchange Howie Day at the Hotel Café Anthony Green at Apogee Studio Courtney Hart and Emree at the Hotel Café Second Stage Deb Ryder, Shari Puorto and Kelly Z at the Mint (Early Show) Kingsborough, Pink Lotus and In Lieu Of at the Mint (Late Show) Pedal Strike at Café Nela Killahurtz, Total Science and Bryan Gee at Union Nightclub – Noise Room The Warlocks, Creation Factory, Cosmonauts, Dead Meadow, Joel Jerome and Drinking Flowers at HM157 First State and JES at Avalon The Martinez Brothers and Marques Wyatt at Sound Nightclub Pierce Fulton and Young Bombs at Create Nightclub SEB, Still Rebel, the Swansons and the Stoic Club at the Troubadour BulletBoys and Pretty Boy Floyd at the Whisky a Go Go Late Night Fights, Valora, SOC and Daniel Page Band at the Viper Room Abby Girl & the Real Deal, Pope Paul & the Illegals and Electric Children at the Sugar Mill Saloon Beausoleil at McCabe’s Guitar Shop Liz Gherna at Saint Rocke Purple Mountains Majesties, Valley Queen and Ecstatic Union at the Wayfarer Jetboy, Street Walkin’ Cheetahs, the Flamethrowers and Dr. Boogie at Alex’s Bar New Found Glory and Slick Shoes at the Observatory Half Past Two, Karate in the Garage, Codename: Rocky and Hooray for Our Side at the House of Blues Anaheim Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers at the Coach House Saturday’s Kids at Acerogami Whitney at the Glass House Glass Animals, Little Dragon and Jagwar Ma at the Santa Barbara Bowl Berlin at the Libbey Bowl Lila Downs at the Valley Performing Arts Center Shawn Jones at Copper Blues Richie Kotzen at the Rose Juan De Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars at the Catalina Club

Sunday, April 23

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, with Kendrick Lamar, Justice, Lorde, New Order, Hans Zimmer and more, at Empire Polo Club Say Anything, Bayside and Reggie & the Full Effect at the Observatory Phantogram and MICHL at the Glass House Current Joys, French Vanilla and Mo Dotti at the Hi Hat Will Holland and Mario Galeano at the Echo Soft Metals, Chasms and Houses of Heaven at Echoplex Shark Toys and UV TV at the Redwood Bar Ben Bostick at the Escondite Doble Poder at La Cita Stolar, Kris Angelis, TV Carpio, Jon Bryant and Color Me Home at the Hotel Café Black Top Cookie, Miklo, Sunday at Noon, the Vandaliers and Lost in Atlantas at the Mint Brochure, Titanic Titanic, Rough Church, Joe Baiza and Platonic at Café Nela Cinderella’s Tom Keifer at the Whisky a Go Go Viza, KillaKiah and Ayline at the Roxy Peter Himmelman at McCabe’s Guitar Shop Justin Roberts at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Matinee Kids’ Show) Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, the Knitts and Danny Hamilton at Saint Rocke K.I.D. and CupcakKe at the Constellation Room Pixies at the House of Blues Anaheim Kismit at the HOB Anaheim Lounge Michael Physick at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar Richie Kotzen at the Coach House Martian Cult at the Continental Room Li Yugang at the Pasadena Civic Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, the Hula Girls and Pope Paul & the Illegals at the Yost Theater ECO at Genghis Cohen Corey Feldman & the Angels at the Canyon Open Mic at the Silverlake Lounge